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z. B. WAKEMAN.

RAZOR STROP.

Patented Nov. 11, 1884.

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ZALMON B. VAKEMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MAURICE It. BORTREE, OF SAME PLACE.

RAZOR-STROP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,821, dated November 1li., 1884.

Application led October 17, 1883. (No model.)

T all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ZALMON B. WAKEMAN,

a citizen of the United States, and residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIlli- 5 nois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Razor-Strops, which is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents a side elevationbf my improved razor-strop, with a portion of the handle cut away; Fig. 2, a 4longitudinal section taken at the line w x, Fig. l; Fig. 3, an end View of the handle; Fig. 4:, a transverse section taken at the line y y, Fig. l; Fig. 5, a longitudinal section of a port-ion ofthe strop, taken on the line x x, Fig. l, enlarged from the view shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of a modified form of my strop, showing one side thereof made flexible. Fig. I is a transverse sectional view taken at the line c e in Fig. G; and Fig. 8 is a plan View of one end ofthe strop shown in Fig. 6, with the loose straps thrown back, so as to show the fastening of the flexible plate to the wooden part of the strop.

All razors are made thin, having concave sides, the backs of the razors being thick. Willen the razors are sharpened upon either a flat surface or a surface that yields, so that the strop becomes concave in its contour, the surface of the strop passes across the edge and soon destroys it.

The object ol" myinvcntion is to have a conthe convexity ofthe surface of the strop' being vex surface upon which a razor is stropped, l

I make this convex surface ers the flexible metallic plate A, and which is intended to have a surface suitable for sharpening the razor.

D are straps, of leather or equivalent material, secured at one end, as at E, to the razorstrop, and can be laid over a convex surface of the strop, so that the strop can have two or more surfaces of dierent character, each of .which is used as required, according to the condition of the razor. 6o

G is a rod attached to one end of the strop, as shown, and also is attached to the movable piece H, which passes through the handle of the strop, and can be secured at the desired place on the handle by means of notches I, or other equivalent appliances. By pulling the sliding piece H the flexible plates A are given a greater convexity, and by securing the sliding piece II by the notches I at the desired position they are caused to retain the convexity 'given them, thereby making a more or less convex surface on which the razor is sharpened. Theleathers C and D, that are laid over the convex surfaces of the plate A, receive the same convexity, and thereby make a surface 7 5 on which the razors are sharpened.

J is a loop or its equivalent for hanging the razor-strop upon ahook, so that the strop can be used by barbers and others in the same manner that they use leather straps for sharp- 8O ening the razors; but the straps used in connection with my strop are given the convex. surface to lie upon, so that the razor is sharpened upon a better convex surface.

I can use my strop by giving one ot' the 85 plates its convcxity by means of a spring, K, ofthe form shown in Fig. (S. One portion, L. of the strop therein shown is made of wood or other equivalent material. To this rigid piece L is secured the flexible plate A. It is secured at one end by means of' the screw M, which passes through a slot in said plate, allowing the plate to slide longitudinally on said screw to receive greater or less convexity. The spring K rests against the rigid piece L, and is secured in place by means of the pieces N, under which its ends pass in such 'manner that it can slide thereunder and become more or less compressed. It can also be removed laterally from said pieces N, leaving the flcxi- Ioo I ble plate A. unsupported at its center by the spring.

O is a convex hone, rigid and having an oval surface from side to side,as clearly shown in Fig. 7. I secure this convex hone O to the rigid piece L of the strop, substantially as shown in Fig. 6. This hone is intended to have a rigid surface upon which the razor can be honed,as well as otherwise sharpened,upon a convex surface adapted to fit the concave shape of the razor-blade.

My razor-strop, when intended for use by barbers, need have but one flexible metallic plate A, with a suitable connecting-rod,(l-, or its equivalent, to bend it into its desired ccnvex form,as one flexible convex surface might be sufficient when the strop is suspended from a hook by means ot' the loop J or its equivalent. l

l are wire loops for connecting the extra straps D to one end of therazorstrop,and are connected in such way that these straps may be thrown back when desired tosharpen the razor upon the surfaces of the straps C, that are attached rigidly to the surface of the flexible` plates A.

Q. is a rivet passing through the ends of the flexible plates A and the strap C, and R is a rivet passing through the other ends of the same and the handle, so as to secure them to the handle B.

S is a plate attached 'to the end of the l1andlevith a'hole in it for the sliding piece H,

and a cross-piece, T, with which the'notches- I of the sliding plate H engage to hold the sliding piece at any desired position to give the flexible plates A their desired convexity.. Other equivalent forms may be used for that purpose. The connecting-rod G is made elliptical, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1,and is made of spring-wire, so that when the strop is drawn into position for use, with its elastic plates A made convex, this connecting-rod G will yield, making the convex surfaces of the strop elastic by means of this connecting-rod, consisting of aspring.

The rod G serves a 1. The combination, in a razor-strop, of thev two flexible plates A, having opposite convex surfaces, lexible coverings or sui-,faces adapted for sharpening razors, and a suitable mechanism for adjusting said ilexible plates to give them different degres of convexity, substantially as specified and shown.

2. The combination of thetwc flexible plates A, the ilexible covering-surfaces C, the rod G, attached to one end of the flexible plates A, and extending between them, and the sliding plate H, attached to said rod and connected to the handle of the strop, and mechanisms for holding the sliding rod H in the position to which it is adjusted,all combined and operating substantially as specified and shown.

3. The combination, in a razor-strop,of one or more llexible plates, AA, the double springrod G,and suitable mechanism connecting the spring-rod with the handle 'of the strop, for giving the strop itsisuitable convexity, the spring-rod G being adapted to yield and admit ot' the convex strop surface or surfaces yielding as it is used, as specified and shown.

4. The combination, in a razor-strop, of the sliding piece H, plate S, handle B, and suitable means for connecting both sliding piece and handle to the liexible plates A, to give them the desired eonvexity, substantially as specified and shown.

u ZALMON B. WAKEMAN.

Vitnesses:

JN0. C. MAGGREGOR, G. E. FAULKNER. 

